O'Hare? Really? I honestly don't think there's a single American subway station that belongs on this list. I'm no hater, but American mass transit tends to promote cheapness and efficiency over aesthetics.

The first time I visited Stockholm my friend took me to see the subway. Although the architecture was cool what really blew me away was the fact that all she did was tell the guy in the token booth she wanted to show it to me and could he please let us in for free. Which he was only too happy to do. I cannot imagine how an identical exchange would have gone in NYC.

Fissile:City Hall Station Manhattan. Of course it's been closed since the 1940s. What? You slobs think you're entitled to something better than a cattle car?

The problem with curved platforms is that people keep falling into the gap between the door and the platform. Plus it's in southern Manhattan, where subway stations from 3 competing operators were built so close to each other that you practically can't go a block without seeing an entrance to one.

At least they keep the City Hall station tidy, for the occasional railfan excursions as pictured. You're also allowed to just stay on the southbound 6 train at the end of its route, and ride through the station as the train loops around for northbound service.

poot_rootbeer:Fissile: City Hall Station Manhattan. Of course it's been closed since the 1940s. What? You slobs think you're entitled to something better than a cattle car?

The problem with curved platforms is that people keep falling into the gap between the door and the platform. Plus it's in southern Manhattan, where subway stations from 3 competing operators were built so close to each other that you practically can't go a block without seeing an entrance to one.

At least they keep the City Hall station tidy, for the occasional railfan excursions as pictured. You're also allowed to just stay on the southbound 6 train at the end of its route, and ride through the station as the train loops around for northbound service.

And then there's this:[forgotten-ny.com image 648x486]

When did you take that one? That station's gotta a lot cleaner than it was when I was a kid.

Living in London, I feel the Stockholm Metro gets more than its fair share of attention, but I have to concede that they have done a really good job all around. The stations look nice (pictures make them look stunning), though they did get to cheat digging them out of stone rather than London clay. The metro also has cell phone reception throughout, trains are every few minutes constantly during the day and it runs at nighttime too.

Mad props to North Korea for the shoutout too.

Prague is beautiful as well, love the central stations. Hard to believe they all flooded in the past decade as well.

Barcelona has a good metro too, though I don't know if I was in Drassanes station. We stuck to the Plaza Real section of town.

No mention of A Clockwork Orange, a.k.a. Glasgow's circular orange metro? So incredibly depressing and damp ha. Also tiny stations which are probably a hazard to people not noticing how narrow the platforms are.

Of the Tube, Canary Wharf is definitely one of the nicest-looking stations. Of course, they certainly got to cheat, building the Jubilee Line Extension well after all of these other good examples were in place. I'm trying to think of other stations worth mentioning--people here tend to mention stations by how easy it is to change lines rather than how nice they look. Hence, Bank is at the bottom of everyone's list, closely followed by Green Park.